The official Students United Podcast, hosted by our State Chair. This podcast allows the students we represent a way to keep up to date on what we are doing for them. This podcast also serves as a source of information for students on various aspects of our organization, such as Delegates Assemblies, Issue Campaigns, and our Governing Documents.

We are excited to release this episode, as students have been working hard to advocate on affirmative consent this year. As an organization we have focused on sexual assault prevention for several years now. This episode, our officers sit down with Representative Erin Murphy and St. Cloud State University board member Kayla Shelley to discuss the work of affirmative consent at Minnesota State and the state legislature. We also introduce a new game called Ding Dong Your Wrong, which debunks common misconceptions about affirmative consent.

This episode Lexi and Faiçal talk with three different people about food inequity and the work that is being done to combat it at our Minnesota State universities. The first interview was with the System Director for Student Development & Student Services, Paul Shepherd, who discusses what is being done at the system level around this issue. The other two interviews are with students, Heather Moenck (Metropolitan State University) and Alison Bettin (Winona State University) who discuss initiatives on their own campuses. Make sure to listen!

Faiçal and Lexi sat down with the new chancellor of Minnesota State, Devinder Malhotra. They discussed what his role is at Minnesota State, his journey to all universities and colleges, the new Chief Diversity Officer, and what he sees as important for Minnesota State moving forward. Faiçal and Lexi had a great time interviewing the chancellor and hopes all of you enjoy hearing from Chancellor Malhotra as well!

Our State Chair and Vice Chair sit down with the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon during this podcast. They discuss voter registration, outreach, and engagement in Minnesota. Simon explains how Minnesota regained its number one spot for voter turnout in 2016 and our officers get answers to common voting questions many students have. Make sure to listen to the entire podcast, as Faical and Lexi also sit down with our Director of Campus Organizing to discuss Students United's voter outreach efforts that took place on National Voter Registration Day.

Our State Chair Faiçal Rayani and Vice Chair Lexi Byler sat down with former State Chair Cara Luebke and our first Director of Equity & Inclusion Abeer Syedah. Listen to the person who started our organization down the path of creating a full-time Director of Equity & Inclusion staff position and the first person to step into this new role explain what this position means to them and how important they see the work of equity and inclusion is for all students.

This episode introduces our new State Chair Faiçal Rayani and Vice Chair Lexi Byler. These two sit down for an informal conversation about their goals for the year, sports, growing up, and school. Make sure to listen!

In Joe's last week as state chair, he sits down with our Director of Communications Aly Hagglund to discuss some of the year's highlights. He gives a final piece of advice to students before saying "SUP" one last time.

This month's podcast State Chair Joe Wolf sits down with our Government Relations Intern Maddy Wegener, former State Chair Cara Luebke and our Director of Programs and Alumni Outreach Carlee Diggins to discuss how alumni can stay involved with our organization once they graduate.

This month our State Chair Joe Wolf had the opportunity to sit down with our Treasurer Sean Duckworth and our Director of System and Government Relations to discuss Minnesota State. If you have ever been curious about what Minnesota State is, how it functions, or Students United's relationship with the system, this is a great listen!